Debenham Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Debenham Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A glacier flowing in a northeasterly direction the confluence of Miller Glacier and catchments between Mount Harker and Mount Bevilacqua, into the northern part of the Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD09
Though this feature was indicated on charts of the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, and the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09, it was named by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. Named for Frank Debenham, geologist with the naming expedition and a member of the Granite Harbour Party. Professor Debenham, OBE, MA, BSc, accompanied the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09, to the Ross Sea before joining Scott's party. He was appointed Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge, England, on its foundation in 1925, and was also appointed Professor of Geography at Cambridge University in 1930.
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